I was just wondering if anyone can shed some light on if the PermanentRedirect column will be in DNN 5.0.1 when it comes out?

Also, is there any guidance on how to actually use the 'Permanent Redirect' checkbox?  Obviously you tick the box to get a 301 redirect, but from where to where?

Thanks Cathal I've got it now.

Just a side note : once you've set up a redirect the only way to go back in and change it is to navigate to the page settings via the admin->pages page.

Tony

The only SEO effect it will have is allowing DNN users to 'send' pagerank from a previous page to a new one.  If you're not changing any pages on your site, then it will have no effect whatsoever.

The correct usage for the Permanent Redirect option will be if you (as Cathal says) have a page you no longer want to use, and you want to tell visitors and search engine bots that page has a new location.   You could also use it to try out different page urls, but to do this you would need to move all the page content to a new location.  You can't redirect a page back to itself, even if you change the page name, because you'll end up in a 301 redirect loop.

I've got an old blog post on this topic which is pretty relevant :  understanding 301 redirects

-Bruce